Silkworm
Platform: Amiga 500
Region: Europe
Media: Floppy
Controller: Joystick
Genre: Shoot 'em Up - Side-Scrolling - Military
Gametype: Licensed
Release Year: 1989
Developer: Tecmo, Ltd.
Publisher: Virgin Mastertronic Ltd.
Players: 1 or 2, Simultaneous
Relationship: Precursor to SWIV
Hardware: OCS
Conversions: Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum
Disks: 1
_________________________

Silkworm is a classic horizontally-scrolling shoot-em-up based on the 1988 Tecmo arcade game. The main difference between this game and many other side-scrolling shoot-em-ups is that you got to be on land as well as in the air.

Player 1 would play as a helicopter, but if a second player joined the game, they would play as a jeep. Both players would have to protect each other as well as themselves. After a certain number of kills, a "goose" helicopter would form on the screen. If the players managed to destroy it they would get a weapons powerup. This would go on throughout the entire game (a "goose" could appear even during the end of level baddie!).
 
http://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga/silkworm
_________________________
CHEATS:

Cheat mode:
Type scrap 28 at the options screen to enable cheat mode with unlimited lives. Press [Keypad 0] to [Keypad 9] to select a level. Press the function keys to slow the game down by different amounts. Note: Cheat mode in early versions of the game is activated by pressing [Help] + Fire at the options screen. If the message "Congratulations!, you have found the cheat mode... unfortunately it has been ZZAPPED" appears, go to the control selection, press [F10], type scrap 28, then start game play.
